To carry the same six AR magazines, an M&P 9 and two magazines, OKC3S bayonet, IFAK and CamelBak canteen as the 5.11 Tactical Purse which is 19.5 lb. and $206 for the carriage.
Starting with an AR500 Testudo Lite...
Add Level III+ 10x12 plates front and back with trauma (not a thumbprint!) pads...
Pouches...
Some loaded mags...
A bayonet...
A CamelBak canteen...
33.9 lb. and $605 for the carrier, pouches and armor.
BUT! You get GURPS DR 35 in areas 9, 10, 17 and 18; but not to the sides!
Changing that to Level IV gives a hardened DR 35 adds 3.6 lb. and $168.
ALICE load bearing equipment is 20 lb. substituting an M9 and magazines for the M&P 9, an M9 bayonet for the OKC3S and adding a tri-fold entrenching tool.
Add 9 lb. if you want
to add a PASGT vest to the ensemble; for DR 10/5* in areas
9, 10, 17 and 18. Total of 29 lb.
Add another 16.5 lb. for an Interim Small Arms Protective Overvest to get an additional DR 25. For a grand total
of 45.5 lb.
'Nam era M1956/67 gear comes in at 21.1 lb. substituting eight 20 round magazines for six thirty rounders, an M1911A1 for the M&P 9 an M7 bayonet for the OKC3S and adding an M1943 entrenching tool.
The M69 flak-vest would add DR 4/2* and 8.5 lb. to this for a total of 29.6 lb.
The PASGT and M69 vests give side protection with their very light DR, the ISAPO is just front and back.
Just in case you don't have your GURPS: Basic Set handy, the split DR means the first number is for pi and cut attacks the second for all others. The '*' means it's flexible armor which is more vulnerable to the blunt trauma rules.
Modern TL8 armor is better.
Update: rearranged the thoughts for clarity.
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You na fa kooba, Engrish-talkie once in a while, dat be good.
ReplyDeleteTranslated to Engrish-talkie: It *IS* in English. Mebbee U no talka so goodish?
DeleteModern body armor isn't as heavy as it was for similar protection even 20 years ago. It's about the same weight as vastly inferior protection was 30+ years ago. In fact, it's not horribly heavier than going without body armor was in Vietnam.
Some statistics given in game stats because I am no Elite Operator who eats snakes and the entire point of me wanting a plate carrier it to take some photo dioramas of equipment a character in that game might have.